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Noun Concept
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collective noun  collective name  collective nouns  Collective nouns/All sorted by collective term  collective plural
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A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things WordNet 3.0
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A noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In linguistics, a collective noun is a word referring to a collection of things taken as a whole. Wikipedia
Collection of things taken as a whole Wikidata
Noun that summarizes several similar objects in one term. OmegaWiki
A noun which, though singular, refers to a group of things or animals. Examples: a school of fish, a pride of lions. Wiktionary
Noun referring to a group of similar things. Wiktionary (translation)